During the past year I've been following the hilarious blog called "Disguised as a Grown-up" and I learned last night that she's no longer going to blog! Bummer! Marlene has a great sense of humor and I really enjoyed the hilarious digi images she offered, as well as her cutting edge sense of humor that she shared in her daily posts.
Hello and welcome to another Stamps R Us challenge! This week our sponsor is A Day for Daisies, and our challenge is "angels." There are lots of cute angel images from the ADFD store, and I chose this "love angel" for my card. I colored the image with Copics and added some MS tinsel glitter to the wings for some sparkle.
I haven't been playing too many challenges lately, but I'm starting to get back in the groove again gradually. This is for the Stars and Stamps sketch challenge #99 found here. This went together quickly, and it's a good thing, because I'm trying to get another package sent to OWH with some Valentines before the deadline........along with finishing up all those Christmas projects! I used some BoBunny crush dp along with some black and white cardstock. The heart was done with a SU punch, and embossed with a hearts embossing folder. I hand wrote the tiny tag sentiment and added a punched red heart to hold it in place. If my package doesn't make it for the OWH deadline, they can still use this as a "love card" since I didn't use a Valentine sentiment.
I've been seeing cards made with the ornament punch using pretty paper behind it, as well as ribbon weaving, and I knew I had to give it a try! I just punched out the ornament from PTI white cardstock, and wove a 2" panel of cardstock with red and white ribbons and adhered it to the back. The sentiment is from SU's Contempo Christmas done in red. I used the Bow-easy to make the tiny bow. Once the ribbon weaving is done, this card goes together very quickly, and I love the clean look! The ribbon is from RABOM (ribbons and bows oh my!)
I have a friend who absolutely HATES pink flamingos, so when I saw this digi image I knew I had to make a card for her as a gag! LOL I'm sorry, the artist didn't add a name to this free digi image, so if anyone knows who created this, please let me know and I'll edit the post to give credit where it's due.
This week over at the SNSDC32 challenge, we're having a tea party! We're using any digi image that holds a beverage. I had this cute little Cocoa's latte image printed and ready for coloring, so since there are folks who enjoy coffee as much as tea, I decided to use this for the challenge. I'm smack dab in the middle of Christmas card-making mode, but for some reason, this card just evolved into a Valentine card! 
Welcome to the C4C27 Crazy4Cocoa challenge! This week the challenge is to use a combination of a rectangle and a circle. They're simple shapes but work well together for a quick and easy card, and like most of us, I'm sure you're busy trying to finish up those Christmas cards to get them in the mail. I'm using Cocoa's Ornament digi image for this card, and it's colored with Copics. I pulled out a scrap of bright green cardstock and embossed it with a SU! square lattice folder, and added some red cardstock. The sentiment is from an older SNSS clear set called Christmas Candle, which is a little different from the current Christmas candle clear set in the store today. This card was quick and easy to put together, and I can make several of them in no time! It's also flat, which means it will only require one stamp to mail!
Hello everyone! I found this adorable free Valentine Mouse image from Spyder's Corner and had to make a Valentine's day card with it. I used a technique called the "herringbone" for my background, and the tutorial is right here. The challenge over on the Stars & Stamps blog today is to create your own background, so I'm entering my card in that challenge. I used all papers from the BoBunny Crush paper pad and I have to say making this background was very relaxing for me. It's time consuming, but I love the results. I colored the image with Copics, sponged with antique linen ink, and layered on Spellbinders labels 10 dies. The sentiment is by SU and was done using the word window and fancy label punches.
I recently made this card for a customer who asked for traditional Christmas colors on her cards and only the sentiment "Merry Christmas" inside. I used a tree image from Flourishes and after stamping with Versamark, I embossed it using Winter Wonderland ep. I dotted the tree with gold stickles that match the white & gold trimmed ribbon. You may be able to see the gold highlights better by clicking the photo to enlarge it.
Here's a view of the card that shows how it stands up for display. I used Nesties labels four and the top note die from Sizzix. I embossed the top note with a Sizzix Snowcaps ef. The inside was stamped in matching red & green using the snowflakes from the SU! Snow Swirled set. The card base is PTI soft stone, and I added a panel of that beneath the fold for writing the message and signing.
If you've never tried making one of these cards, the tutorial is here. The instructions are for a 4-1/4" square card, but I made mine the size of an A2 card. It fits perfectly in an A2 envelope, but will require extra postage because of the thickness. I rarely make square cards because I don't know where to buy square envies to mail them and who has time to make envies all the time!
On my last trip to my favorite LSS, I found this great December Poinsettia stamp set from SNSS. I made this card for a VSN challenge on the SNSS connection recently and thought I'd post it here too. I love the pop of the red flowers against the all white background.
I made this card for another VSN challenge to use a different fold. I made a gate fold card and used PTI berry sorbet card stock and ribbon along with a sizzix embossing folder. The inside image was stamped off once for a subtle look, and the sentiment is from a SU! set. If you click on the picture, you can probably see the detail of the stamping inside a little better.
Thanks for stopping by today, and I wish you all a wonderful weekend!
Hello and welcome to the SNSDC31. This week we're making gifts using our SNSS digi images. I made a set of gift tags and a little box to hold them. I love to give these out at Christmas and it's so much fun to make them! Using digi images makes this a snap, because you can make the images any size to fit any need. These are very tiny, but aren't they cute?! I used Cocoa's Gift and colored him with Copics, and used some Bo Bunny dp along with some really red card stock.
Here is a picture of the box and four tags. I used red eyelets on the front of the tags and used gold cording for attaching them.
And here is what the inside looks like. Just enough room to write the TO: and FROM: inside, or to just sign it.
Hello and welcome to another Crazy4Cocoa & Friends challenge! We've been seeing a lot of challenges using non-traditional colors lately, so let's go with the traditional red & green Christmas colors this week! I'm using Cocoa's Christmas Tree digital stamp for my card and I colored him with Copics. I edged the die cuts with a gold paint pen for interest and cut two borders in red and green using some Cheery Lynn dies I bought from SNSS. I'd give you a link, but I don't see them on the website, so they must be sold out for now. After I cut the green border, I took the tiny flowers and put them into the red border for a little contrast, and I like the way it turned out! All dp and cardstock is by SU, along with the quilted satin ribbon.